Weatherday: Blücher steams

The cloudy start will persist through the day. But it should stay dry until later afternoon. Then there's a strong possibility of thunderstorms, including some heavy downpours.

Clearing after that to a sunny late evening. Moderate westerly breezes will ease back to gentle. Highest probable temperature locally 15deg.

On this day in 1814, English engineer George Stephenson introduced his first steam locomotive, named Blücher, designed to haul coal on the Killingworth Wagonway in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It 'spared the expense of 14 horses'.

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